Monthly Archive for December, 2008

: December, 2008

Swoon Kitchenbar in Hudson will be open for dinner from 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. A four-course menu with choices is $69.95, or $89.95 for six courses. (Menus after the jump, or click here.) Swoon is …

While there’s no real news in a story that notes Bobby Flay, Mario Batali and Gordon Ramsay rarely have a hand in the food that comes out of the kitchens at their restaurants, it’s good to see Forbes …

Among my Christmas gifts was a refrigerator magnet resembling a sushi platter. (The better to hold delivery menus from Sushi House.) My parents had the magnets custom-made for a couple of friends and …

The San Francisco Chronicle has an interesting story about black-eyed peas. Short version: The Southern custom of serving black-eyed peas, collard greens, and ham or some part of the hog on New Year’s …

I wrote a story for today’s front page about a special Christmas gift. Read it here. Check out the accompanying audio slideshow, with images of the story’s subject, Chuck Layton, his wife, Margo, and …